António Dulcídio

António Dulcídio da Silva Pinto Coelho was born in Lixa, Felgueiras, Portugal, in 1959. He began painting in oils at a young age, initially teaching himself, and later attended the drawing course at the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes.

His painting brings observation into contact with an imagination that transforms figures, places and objects. The human presence, the relationship with nature and the tensions of social life run through a practice that explores both figuration and the construction of unexpected situations.

The Macros series explores forms and transparencies in the natural world; Notas Soltas makes room for abstract investigations of colour; and Momentos addresses subjects including hunger, repression and solitude. Observation, fantasy and an attention to human experience come together across these bodies of work.

In March 2011, he founded Galeria Aberta — Associação de Apoio ao Artista, a nonprofit association supporting artists.

Selected career highlights

Awards and distinctions

2011 — Honorary member of the Academia Boitubense de Artes e Letras, chair no. 40.
2010 — Bronze-level honourable mention at Pictoremas, for Crepúsculo no Douro.
2009 — National Bronze Medal for Ladybug II, 39th Salon-Concours International of the Académie Européenne des Arts, Gembloux, Belgium.
2008 — International Bronze Medal for Survive in Senegal, 38th Salon-Concours International, Gembloux, Belgium.

Publications

Mitos da Arte — Antologia de Pintores Portugueses Contemporâneos (Chiado Editora, 2009); Questionarte (2010); Cristal de Talentos (2010). Interview in ArteNova magazine (2011).

Selected exhibitions

2011 — Galeria da Ordem dos Médicos, Lisbon; Ilusões Pictóricas, São Brás de Alportel; One Way, Museu de Lamego.
2010 — Regresso às Origens, Casa da Cultura Leonardo Coimbra, Lixa; Ilusões Pictóricas, Nisa Municipal Library; former Banco de Portugal premises, Horta; Vila do Conde Municipal Auditorium.
2009 — Grão Vasco, Viseu; Galeria Chroma, Vigo; Macros e Transparências, Lisbon.
1991 and 1989 — Expolixa, Lixa.

Collections

The artist’s CV records works in the Sociedade Nacional de Diabetes and the municipal collections of Felgueiras, Horta and Vila do Conde, alongside private collections in Portugal, Spain and Denmark.

Selected from the artist’s CV, covering records up to 2011.